Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-06-07 Thread Chris Mungall
Hi Matthias I don't know much about EOL other than what is available on their website. I do know that the ATOL (assembling the tree of life project) and NESCENT have made a lot of progress addressing a lot of the tricky ontological issues regarding anatomy, homology and phylogeny, which

Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-06-04 Thread Kei Cheung
Hi Matthias et al, I'm working with some people in the plant science community, who might be interested in exploring the use of EOL for plant science research and education. If there is an interest in the intersection of SW and EOL in the context of plant science (there is no brain involved h

Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-05-29 Thread Neil Sarkar
Dear Matthias: The EOL project indeed will have a significant portion that involves the development of ontological structures and their use. To this end, we are currently in the discussion phases with representatives from the W3C (Jim Hendler is on our technical advisory board). The project

RE: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-05-29 Thread Eric Neumann
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org Subject: Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG Matthias, Science Commons / Creative Commons is involved from a legal perspective, and the SW use cases are driving much of the legal discussion. I

Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-05-28 Thread John Wilbanks
Matthias, Science Commons / Creative Commons is involved from a legal perspective, and the SW use cases are driving much of the legal discussion. I can connect you through if you're interested. jtw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are any participants of the HCLS (or at least someone who is readi

[hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

2007-05-28 Thread samwald
Are any participants of the HCLS (or at least someone who is reading this mailing list) in connection with the Encyclopedia of Life project [1, 2]? The announcement of this ambitious project in the last month had international press coverage -- and it seems that Semantic Web technologies will p